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I hail from Atlanta Georgia, though I've been known to wander quite a bit with a suitcase under my arm or in the back of my car. I am well suited to uncomfortable places and situations. I write frequently in bars and parks and airplanes and hotel rooms. I am the fortunate offspring of two writers, so I suppose my intended vocation was somewhat inevitable. My father lulled me to sleep with songs by The Beatles every night when I was a little girl. When I was about seven, I started carrying around a hand-held cassette recorder that I would use to capture the little melodies and words that appeared in my head. When I was about twelve, I started carrying around a guitar. I still do that. I like large rings, old keys, well-played guitars, dark beer, whiskey, airports, skinny boys, Elliott Smith, good books, hotels, my family, and unlimited supplies of pens and paper.

I have been performing music in one capacity or another since I was 7. The whole singer-songwriter gig has been going on since I was 12, and started playing at bars and clubs around Atlanta. When I was 14 I release my first 3 song demo. It wound up on the legendary Atlanta radio station, 99X, and I was subsequently invited to play at their Unplugged In The Park Concert series. After my first year of high school, I decided I was more interested in music than academia, so I left, and managed to earn a diploma from home. I also recorded my first full length CD called "A Beautiful Chaos." A couple years later, I decided that I was more interested in academia than music. So I put away my guitar, and I went to college. I studied art history. I painted. I learned a lot. It was fun, but it didn't last. A couple years after that, I decided once again that I was more interested in music than academia. So I left college, and I pulled my guitar back out.

I write- even if it only turns into a few lines- everyday. In the fall of 2007, I started writing a new record. The songs comprising it were collected and recorded in Atlanta in exactly one year (December 29th, 2007-December 29th, 2008). The album was produced by a lovely man named Danny Howes (formerly the lead guitarist for The Tender Idols, most recently a producer for the likes of Tim Brantley and The Modern Society), myself, and my phenomenal drummer Torin Degnats. This record was a labor of true, deep love. It was also a hell of a lot of fun to make. In honor of the obstacles (both personal and professional) I conquered to be able to make this record, I decided to name it "The Secret To Scaling A Mountain."

Thank you for listening.

Budapest

Special thanks to claytonbozardphotography.com and to myspace.com/phivestarrproductions for the youtube.com/elliperrymusic film footage.